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Articles on African climate change

November 30, 2023

Building African cities that cope with climate shocks – experts outline what it will take

Debra Roberts, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Meggan Spires, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Africans need to re-envision what climate resilient development means within unique African city contexts.

January 19, 2022

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, The University of Melbourne

A new approach to urban planning is needed to restore hope in African cities. There are three keys that can help unlock this.

August 13, 2020

Joanne Clarke, University of East Anglia; Elizabeth Edna Wangui, Ohio University; Grace W. Ngaruiya, Kenyatta University, and Nick Brooks, University of East Anglia

The next ten years will be a critical period in which research agendas can be developed.

Joanne Clarke
Senior lecturer, University of East Anglia
Meggan Spires
Director: Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI Africa, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Grace W. Ngaruiya
Lecturer, Kenyatta University
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Edna Wangui
Associate professor, Ohio University
Nick Brooks
Research fellow, University of East Anglia
Debra Roberts
Head: Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit, EThekwini Municipality; Honorary Professor, University of KwaZulu Natal and Co-Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, University of KwaZulu-Natal